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Untraditional Approach to Computer Energy Reduction

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Book cover Integrated Circuit and System Design. Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization and Simulation (PATMOS 2008)

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This paper analyzes energy consumption of computer lifetime stages: manufacturing, usage and end-of-life. It shows that despite high energy costs of manufacturing, computer is used only a fraction of its expected lifetime. Reusing computers could significantly amortize the energy of production and eventually save energy.

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  1. Dept. of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan

    Vasily G. Moshnyaga

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden

    Lars Svensson

  2. INESC-ID, Rua Alves Redol, 9, 1000-029, Lisbon, Portugal

    José Monteiro

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Moshnyaga, V.G. (2009). Untraditional Approach to Computer Energy Reduction. In: Svensson, L., Monteiro, J. (eds) Integrated Circuit and System Design. Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization and Simulation. PATMOS 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5349. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-95948-9_9

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